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THE HATTIESBURG NEWS
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VOL XVII—No. 122
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 22.1913.
DAILY NEWS, Established 1997.
DAILY PROGRESS. Established 1896.
( consolidated!
t April 6. 1906.
Member oi Associated Pré»
ALIEN ACT DOES
NOT VIOLATE
TREATY
CONTENTION OF STATE DEPART
MENT THAT ITS TERMS ARE
NOT OBJECTIONABLE.
BEING GIVEN CAREFUL SCRUTINY
Toklo Dispatches Indicate Negotia
tions Are Drifting Into Disputations
Where Lawyers Will Have Ample
Opportunity to Display Knowledge.
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22.—The basis of
the State Department's contention that j
the California alien land act does not -
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in terms violate the treaty with Japan
was given careful scrutiny by all the
lawyers of the cabinet on the language 1
of the law and treaty. Save upon the j
single point that in depriving the Ja- J
panese in California of the right of in
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heritance to real estate they conclud- ;
ed there was no ground for complaint. ;
Officials gather from the Tokio dis- j
patches that the negotiations are drift
lug into a stage of pure disputation
where international lawyers on both j
sides will have ample opportunity to
exercise their full resources in de- ;
termining the exact relations between (
the California law and the treaty of ;
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1911.
Better Feeling at Tokio. (
Washington, May 22.—There is bet- ;
ter feeling here and at Tokio over the j
California situation. The latest note
of America pleases Japan. It dwells
chiefly on the American spirit toward j
Ja !
The Japanese answer is awaited
eagerly
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Tokio, May 22—A leading newspaper
commenting on the United States-Jap-!
auese controversy finds amusement in
it calls the American fear of !
what
"All Japan
Japanese aggression,
wants is equal treatment with the [
white man, it says "Japans pro
gress has reached the point where she
will no longer consent to discrimina- j
tlon against her subjects." "The pres- j
ent issue strikes us on a moat vul- (
nerable point, namely, onr national ;
honor," said an official today, "and
any attack on that is like plunging j
a dagger into our vitals." He added
that prospects of war is idle talk.
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
WILL BUILD SCHOOL
Burkes Construction Company of
this city, were the successful bidders (
on a $35,000 contract for the construe- ;
tlon of an academic building and one |
dormitory for the Wilkinson County |
Agricultural High school, which has ]
just been let by the board of super
visors at Woodville.
Work on the buildings will begin at
once.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO
ATTEND PEACE CELEBRATION
specte! to The News.
Jackson, Miss., May 22.—It is prob
able that a number of veterans now
employed in the postofflee in Missis
sippi will attend the peace celebration
jarGettyaburg, Pa., beginning June 30,
' raster General A. S. Burleson
as
led an order that any veterans
I, employed in the postal ser
lay, upon application in the
Banner be granted leave of ab
It that time.
Absence taken to go to the re
fill be charged to the usual an
kve, according to the order, a
I which has Just reached the
fce authorities here.
DAUGHTERS AND SONS.
Lapolis, Ind„ May 22.—The an
Bate convention of the King's
■ers and Sons was opened in this
■s afternoon, with headquarters
■Central Christian church. Miss
let S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, pre
I Delegates representing sixty
branches of the Boclety in In
were in attendance. The con
>n. will conclude tomorrow.
REVIVALIST HAS
ORIGINAL THEORY
BELIEVES "UNPARDONABLE SIN"
IS REJECTION OF CHRIST BY
ONE WHO HAS CONFESSED.
Despite the inclement weather quite
a large crowd gathered at the Christ
ian Church last night at which time
Mr. Clements had as his subject "The
Unpardonable Sin."
stated in the beginning that he dis
agreed with the theories of a great
many of the scholars in regard to what
the unpardonable sin is and that his
own conclusions were drawn from the
Bible and the Bible alone. By reading
various verses in the New Testament
the speaker drew the conclusion that
the unpardonable sin can be com
mitted unly by one who has be
come a Christian and then only by
The speaker
a
Christian turning against Christ,
denying him publicly and refusing to
believe the teachings of Christ.
The song service was entered into
by a large part of the congregation
and was spirited from beginning to
o D d_ A duet by Mr. Snyder and Mrs.
Zeran was appreciated. ,
At the conclusion one young man
made the good confession.
The subject for this evening is "Ex
cuses."
People not confessing Christ will be
discussed,
sermon this evening and the public
is generally invited,
The various excuses for some
Baptismal services will follow the
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TO LYNCH NEGRO 4j
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♦ Ballew negro, in jail charged with
♦ criminal assault, was frustrated ♦ |
♦ today. He is accused of attack- ♦ :
♦ ing Mrs. Anna Keller of Falls ♦ |
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Hiawatha, Kansas, May 22.—A
♦ City, Sunday night. Today the ♦ I
♦ I ail door was battered down, win- ♦ j
♦ dow P anes broken, and walls ♦
♦ scarred with bullets before the ♦ |
♦ sheri ff repulsed the band. ♦
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INCOME TAX TO RAISE MORE
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THAN WAS EXPECTED
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Washington, May 22.-An aggregate
°t $100,000,000 annually will be brought
into the Ilatlonal trea8ury by a tax
011 incomes, according to the latest re
vised estimates of experts. Previous
computations have fixed the ap
proximate amount at $70,000,000. Care- !
by
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ful examination of statistics and other 1
available data now has added $30,- j to
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000,000 to the original sum. j
It has been figured that New York |
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In dividing results from the income !
will pay more than one-fifth.
t ax i g now concluded that the tax ]
p ) aC ed on the incomes of corporations
W ; B bring in $40,000,000. The two !
other features of the section will re
a n ze a further $60,000,000.
This change in expectations has ;
greatly delighted and encouraged Dem
ocratic leaders, who consider the wis
dom of imposing an income tax has
been more than justified. In addition
there will be a comfortable leeway for
falling off of revenues under the re
vised tariff act when it becomes op
perative.
The conviction prevails that the in
] come tax feature of the Tariff bill will
: pe little changed in the Senate. Up to
] this time no suggestion of modifica- j
: tion has been made. It seems destined j
to pass in virtually the form drafted
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BRITISHERS STIRRED BY INVASION
TURKEY TROT" AND "TANGO
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question is now in progress in the
newspapers, according to cable ad
vices from London here today. Edi
torial writers have taken up the topic
and are treating of it freely.
"Some of the attitudes in the new j
dances are strange, we admit," said j
the Stauderd, "but purely the import
s that the dancers see noth
hktu them."
New York, May 22.—Invasion of the
British Isles by the "turkey trot," the
"tango," and other modern dances, has
so stirred the British public that a
spirited discussion of the diversions In
ant,
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Bobby Dunbar's Father haces Clue
To Location of Boy Brnce Anderson
VISITED
FAVOR CREATION
NEW DEPARTMENT
THIRTY-FIVE STATES REPRESENT
ED AT MEETING OF EDUCA
TIONAL COMMITTEE.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22.—Thirty-five
states are represented at the meeting
of .the general educational committee
of the National Drainage Congress
here today. The committee arranged
to present President Wilson with a
resolution adopted at the National
Drainage Congress at St. Louis in
April. These resolutions declare for
the creation of a federal department
of public works, favor the adoption of
a national policy of food protection,
and swamp land reclamation in co
operation with states, municipalities,
and land owners. After calling at the j
White House tbe committe had a n j
engagement with Secretary Garrison. |
Tomorrow they will see Clark, Mar
shall, Houston and Lone.
ASSOCIATED HARVARD
CLUBS MEET, i
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St. Louis, Mo., May 22.—The Har -1
vard crimson is the prevailing color :
in St. Louis today, because the As-1
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sociated Harvard Clubs are holding ■
their seventeenth annual convention j
Graduates from the famous !
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Cambridge institution are in atten
♦.dance from every part of the country, j
Tlle programme began at noon today |
with a luncheon at the Hotel Jeffer-j
son. The principal feature of the
♦jhere.
meeting will be the banquet tomorrow j
night. President Lowell of Harvard, |
Major General Leonard Wood, U. S.
A., H. A. Leekley of Oklahoma, and
Secretary of Agriculture Houston will
among the speakers.
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! engaged in preparing tentative changes
by Mr. Hull and presented in the
House.
The work of whipping the Under
wood bill into final shape will begin
in earnest in the Senate committee
this week. The three sub-committees
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1 will continue at top speed. It is hoped
j to bring the measure in for discussion j
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j during the first week in June. Amend
| ments expected will lower the duties j
j on nearly all items in the metal sched
! ules, covering productions of iron and
] steel, and raise the rates on agrlcul
tural products. None of the changes '
! will be of great consequence and all !
will have a tendency to equalize the]
degree of protection afforded and al-j
; low the consumer more benefits, if pos-]
sible.
gress are well satisfied with the pro
gress of the tariff bill. Delay was ex
cessary for the Finance Committee to
correct all errors that slipped by the
House. It is also essential that the ad
ministrative features be carefully
ironed out and made to meet the ex
Leaders in both branches of Con-.
pected from the outset in bringing the
measure before the Senate. It is ne- !
j igencies of the Treasury and Justice
j Departments. This naturally requires
deliberation and time.
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Few, if any, of the London dancing
masters seem to regard the turkey trot
as suitable to the ball room, the cabled
comment indicates, but opinion regard
ing other dances generally grouped
with this is not bo nearly unanimous.
The "Boston" and the "tango," which
a correspondent of the Times who
signs herself "Peeress" describes as
"the beginning of evil," are regarded
by Charles Dalbert, vice president
the Imperial Society of Dancing Mas
ters, as two of the most graceful
dances invented since the time of the
minuet. Other opinions are as widely
at variance.
VISITED POPLARVILLE YESTER
DAY IN SEARCH OF OTHER
CHILD WALTERS HAD.
NO QUESTION IN HIS
MIND AS TO IDENTITY
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Believe That Boys Were Exchanged At J
Cameron Ferry Between August 25 ;
and 29—Men Closeted With Mayor
And CHilef of Police for Two Hours.
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can be no further doubt as to the |
Identity of Bobbie Dunbar, are in Hat
tiesburg today following up a clue J
which may throw some light on the (
complicated mystery.
closeted with Mayor Batson and Chief!
o! Police Bennett for two hours this
morning during which time several
residents of the city were called in ]
fand questioned concerning the strange !
man who was here last summer with !
some children, one of whom was be- !
C. P. Dunbar and two men assisting
him in tracing the whereabouts of
little Bruce Anderson so that there
They were
l.eved to have been either Bruce An
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derson or Bobbie Dunbar.
Mr. Dunbar, with the other men, !
came here last night from Poplarville, I
where they were yesterday working j *
on a clue which convinces them that !
the Dunbar child was exchanged for
the Anderson child a few days after
the kidnaping occurred last August.
goth Mr. Dunbar and the other trac- j
ers were very reticent in giving out'York
any information regarding the quest '
t hat they are on, saying that for them
to give definite facts and names would !
|>e to inform the parties they are J
seeking and put them on their guard,
thereby destroying the benefit of all
the information they have secured. j
Mr Dunbar stated that in a general j
way t he information they obtained at
Poplarville yesterday serves to j
strengthen them in their theory that
j his little son was kidnaped and then
exchanged for the Anderson child of
; about his age. He seemed to be con
fideut that they are on a good trail
and that they will be successful not
only in locating the Anderson child
and settle forever the identity of Bob
hie Dunbar, but that they will also
show that Walters is a member of a
band of crooks who has operated
I throughout Mississippi and Louisiana.
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He said that all the members of the
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j sang B ° by 111 e name ot Walters and
that kidnaping was not the only crime
j °T which they have been guilty.
Mr. Dunbar and his friends did not
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Emperor Yoshihlto
Eight ;
court physicians in attendance de- |
clare the ruler is suffering from in- j
flammation of lungs,
sued tonight say that while his condi
tion does not justify anxiety, the
patient's temperature is high.
Tokio, May
! °^ Japan, was taken ill today.
A bulletin is
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ELKS MEET AT PINE BLUFF.
j Pine Bluff, Ark., May 22.—The fifth
annual convention and reunion of the
Arkansas Elks 'association opened here
today under conditions of a most fa
vorable nature. Members of the order
from every section of the state are in
attendance and in their honor the bus
iness section of the city is elaborately
decorated. The two days'program pro
vides for band concerts, an old-fashion
ed barbecue, elaborate street pageants
] and other features of entertainment.
| A business session for the election of
! officers will be held tomorrow morn
ing.
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♦ Mississippi — Showers tonight ♦]
♦ or Friday; somewhat cooler to- ♦
♦ night southeast portion. ♦
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CZAR OF RUSSIA
ATTENDS MARRIAGE
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GREAT GATHERING OF VARIOUS
ROYAL FAMILIES MEET RULER
OF RUSSIA.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, May 22— Emperor Nicholas !
of Russia arrived this morning to at- ]
tend the marriage of Princess Victoria
Louise, only daughter of Emperor
William, to Prince Ernest August of
Cumberland. The Russian Emperor
was met at the station by Emperor
William and King George of England
and a great gathering of members of
various royal families,
Emperor drove with the imperial host
in state to the castle. The wedding
The gathering here of three Em
perors for the wedding Saturday of
Princess Victoria Louise and Prince ;
Ernest August makes Berlin the cen ;
ter of European interest. The rulers!
of Germany Russia and England are
attend.
The Russian
takes place Saturday.
A gathering of Princes and |
Princesses such as is rarely seen 1» |
a so expected. Berlin is decked in ,
brilliant holiday style for the event.
Extensive precautions have been taken i
* or * ke aa,e D' °f royal personages,
NEW LEAGUE BEGINS
ITS SEASON TODAY
j Newburg, N. Y., May 22.—The New
out'York and New Jersey league, one of
' the most recent additions to the rank
of organized baseball, opened its initial
! season today. 1
The league is a six*
J club organization, the circuit com
prising Kingston, Middletown, Pough
keepsie and Newburgh, N. Y., Long
j Branch, N. J., and Danbury, Conn. A
j season of 100 B ames will be played,
tlle closing dat e will be September 7.
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Ulle Samtar y Inspector Dr. W. H. ,
Kowan writes Mayor Batson under
date of May 21, advising the mailing '
a of a bulletin giving the regulations of I
the state Board of Healtb
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Dr. Kowan request that the chief of
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police mlorm all keepers of public
service places that they must meet
the requirements of the law and of
the board s regulations promulgated
in accordance therewith. He states J
that when he again visits this city on
his round of inspection he will
prosecute all persons found Violating
tlie regulations.
The suggestion is made that if the
Mayor is not authorized to try state
ordinances
j should at once be.adopted by the com
j mission providing that all food cooked
j or uncooked should be handled and
served in a asnitary manner as set
' I forth in the regulations of the State
cases that necessary
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Board of Health.
Dr. Rowan says if Hattiesburg peo
ple are having typhoid fever, bowel
troubles among children, or a preva
is
lence of tuberculosis, or any infectious
disease, the cause may
charged to deficient sanitation
safely be
If an epidemic of typhoid fever
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TO PAY WEDDING FEE
IS TO PAY "GRAFT
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' h ' taao ' * v1a5 ^2. The Rev. Aimer
•''"nnewell, rector of the Euclid Ave-^be
nlIe T*- E- chunch of Oak Park, an-.
nounce< i yesterday that he would not
acce Pt fees for marriages in the fu
Dire, on the ground that they are a
sort of kraft." and should be abol
ished.
"If the church insists that marriage
is a rite that belongs to it," he said,
"then the church should at once make]
marriage free to all.
♦] "The minister who does not need a
1 foe should be ashamed to take it and a
church whose minister needs the fee
be ashamed and imibediatelv
SAGEE BANK DINS
"I" "N ' 1
SUIT INVOLVING 8T0CK IN DE
FUNCT BANK GIVEN AS COL
LATERAL SECURITY.
In the Circuit Court today Judge
Johnson sustained the motion for a
per-emptory instruction in behalf of
the directors of the Magee Bank, co
defendants in a suit of the Raleigh
State Bank vs. F. R. Powell, former
cashier of the Magee Bank, who, be
fore its failure, obtained from the plain
tiff a personal loan of $2,000, for
which he pledged twenty shares of the
stock of the Magee Bank as collateral
security,
Subsequent to the failure of the
Magee Bank and after the Raleigh
State Bank realized that the collateral
they held was worthless, the directors
of that bank, through M. U. Mounger
and J. J. Stubbs, of Collins, instituted
suit on the Powell note and made the
directors of the defunct bank parties
thereto, on the alleged ground that in
passing favorably on Powell's appli
cation for a loan upon the bank stock.
[b bad bgen i n g uenced by tbe Dub _
]j s i led statement of the condition U
; the M agee Bank to which the directors
; bad appended tbelr sworn certificate
After bo(h g . '
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introduction of testimony, the attor
| f the defense charleton H.
| Alexander and Judge N c Hm flled
, and argued tbelr motion for a per .
emptory instruction in favor of the
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♦ NEWLANDS THINKS WILSON ♦
FAVORS WATERWAY BILL ♦
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 22,-Senator ♦
♦ Newlands discussed with Presl- ♦
♦ dent Wilson today his bill for ♦
♦ river regulation and prevention ♦
♦ of floods. The Senator said that ♦
♦ the President is in symvathy with ♦
j ♦ the principle and hoped for the ♦
♦ accomplishment of the big pro- ♦
♦ ject by army engineers. ♦
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, should break out here this summer it I
« ill be because the town is not clean, 1
' says Dr - Rowan. "Clean up and keep
I healthy is his dictum. 1
Boston, Mass., May 22.—A statue of
Edward Everett Hale ,the famous Uni
tarian clergyman and author, w'as un - 1
J veiled in the Public Garden today as]
the crowning feature of the Unitarian 1
|anniversary week. Former Governor*
] John D. Long presided at the exer
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EDWARD EVERETT HALE
STATUE UNVEILED. ]
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cises and ex-President Taft was one
j of the speakers.
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1 he statute was designed by Bela
L. Pratt. It is of bronze, heroic size,
and represents Dr. Hale in a long
frock coat, walking
advanced, a heavy cane in his right
hand.
soft hat.
one foot slightly
In his left hand he carries a
On one side of the stone
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(base is the inscription:
j Everett Hale, Man of Letters, Preach
j er of Gospel, Prophet of Peace, Pa
triot. 1822-1909." On the other side!
"Edward
appears a quotation from Dr. Hale, as
follows :
Look Forward and Not Back, Look
j Out and Not In, Lend a Hand."
'Look Up and Not Down,
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( raise his salary. No minister should
forced to stand at a wedding with
his open hand behind him."
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^ programme of Dean Summer and will
not marry couples unless they
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New Orleans, May 22.—Cotton 7 to
j 6 points up.
a Chicago, May 22.—Wheat steady;
a quarter cent lower to same higher.
Provisions weak; unchanged to
cents down
Dr. Pennewell also has adopted the
pre
sent health certificates.
THE MARKETS.
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FRENCH LINER
WRECKED DY
MINE
GREAT SHIP LIE8 BEACHED 01
HARBOR FRONT AT 8MYRNA.
ACCIDENTAL EXPL08I0N.
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FIVE PERSONS INSTANTLY Kll
Injured Members of the Crew and All'
the Passengers Safely Landed—
Fatally Injured—Accident Occui
While 9hlp Was Leaving Port
! FINE REDUCED AND
ORDERED TO LEAV
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(By Associated Press.)
Smyrna, Asia, May 22.—The French
liner Senegal lies beached on the
harbor front today, half of one side
torn out by an accidental explosion o*
a mine as she was leaving port lata
yesterday. Five persons were instant'
ly killed and six others were fatally
injured. All injured members of tha
crew and passengers landed safely. J
' rke Circuit Court Wednesday, M
] order was granted by Judge Johnson]
j reducing the fine of Slna Holloman, a
negro woman convicted during thd
' Präsent term for unlawful retailing]
j from $300 and cost to $10 and coat, to]
which was added the provision that!
I Sina should leave the county.
Sina Holloman is one of the mm
(noted sellers of booze ever in Ha
I tiesburg, and the hope is expresse
that as she has been so successful 1
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1 heretofore esca P ln B Punishment, ■
] not **** t0 com Pl>' w 'ih J" d
' Johnson's provision that she leave t
c °nnty.
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GUESTS ARRIVE FOR
Berlin, May 22.—The German cap
ital is rapidly putting on gala attire It
anticipation of the marriage on SatuX
day of Princess Victoria T^ulae, daugk
I er the Emperor, and Prince Erne*
1 August of Cumberland. The govern
me« bas requisitioned many of tiw
j Principal hotels for the visiting
s P erorB > k * nga ' Princes and envoya. mI
it I imperial palace is the scene of
1 constant reception of arriving del
tions, many of them bringing ela
1 presents. The program of featlvt
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I ance at the opera.
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SENDS STATES' NOTES
FOR $600,000 LOA!
Jackson, Miss., May 22.—Gov. Brel
er on yesterday mailed to the bankll
j firm of Kidder, Peabody & Compan
of Boston and New York, state note»
aggregating $600,000, the sum he hai
arranged to borrow for the state gov
eminent on June 1.
The notes will bear interest at thi
rate of 5 per cent, and will fall dne 01
January 16, 1914. Interest on the sun
borrowed will be paid for six month!
and 10 days.
The loan was negotiated by the gov
ernor under the same legislative an
thority that enabled him to borrow I
sum from the same banklnfl
house on the first of June last yea»
The condition of the state treasur»
is not such at the present time t à meeta
the heavy June school distribution!
which will have to be paid out nexfl
month, and which amounts to IGLg
6S6.
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Pa
side!
as similar
will
den R oya i opera performances of 1
to "Ring der Nibelunger" will be giv
] an d will be attended by musicians fn
all parts of Europe. Another featl_
0 f the celebration will be the unveili
five]ing of a magnificent monument to UM
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RICHARD WAGNER CENTENARY.|
Berlin, May 22.—The centenary cel
ebratlon in honor of the memory ai
Richard Wagner, the famous compose^
who was horn May 22, 181$, were ÜX
augu rated in various cities of the e^
pire today and will be continue!
through the summer. Especially noX
able will be the observances in BerlM
Bayreuth and Dresden. At the Drei
the
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; composer in one of the public parka.
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